The Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley has announced that hospitals will be held responsible for patients’ health and well-being for up to a month after they are discharged, As part of a series of major reforms, hospitals will be penalised financially if patients have to be readmitted within 30 days because their conditions were not treated properly. About 500,000 patients […]

New advice for mental health patients If you or somebody close to you has their rights restricted under the Mental Health Act you may be interested in new advice on our website. We have produced new guidance on the rights of people detained in hospital, made subject to community treatment orders and also outlined […]

Age UK Hillingdon (formerly Age Concern Hillingdon) and Disablement Association Hillingdon (DASH) are pleased to announce a new advocacy service being funded by the London Borough of Hillingdon. Side by Side Advocacy

The Hillingdon LINk Public Meeting on Wednesday 30th June – 7pm to 9pm At the Tudor Suite, Tudor Lodge Hotel 50 Field End Road, Eastcote, HA5 2QN The hot topic for the evening will be the proposed merger of Hillingdon Community Health (HCH) and Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) and the impact that this could […]

On 31st March 2010 Hillingdon Primary Care Trust announced that Hillingdon Community Health will integrate with CNWL (Central & North West London Foundation Trust). see below for press release in full. Hillingdon LINk have concerns that we will be scrutinising via our close involvement in the due diligence process. As the process gets underway after […]

Each year there are approximately 34,000 people in England with life-changing physical injury as a result of major trauma. At least 10,000 people every year experience long-term disabilities following a major trauma. If you are a patient, family or carer who has experience of major trauma, then they want to hear from you. This is […]

The PTS Quality Standards developed by the Patients Forum (ambulance services – London) have just been published and it is their hope that these standards will be formally accepted by all London’s PCT and NHS Trusts. Malcolm Alexander, the Chair of the Patients’ Forum told Hillingdon LINk. “The main objective is to drive up service […]